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Summer Podcast
Our JSOM Podcast team of Alex Merkle and Josh Randles will
review the following articles for our Summer 2024 podcast:
 Advancing Combat Casualty Care Statistics and Other
Battlefield Care Metrics by Jud C. Janak, Russ S. Kotwal,
Jeffrey T. Howard, Jennifer M. Gurney, Brian J. Eastridge,
John B. Holcomb, Stacy S. Shackelford, Robert A. De Lo-
renzo, Ian J. Stewart, and Edward L. Mazuchowsk (p. 11)
 Evaluation of a Rebreathing System for use with Portable
Mechanical Ventilators by Thomas Blakeman, Maia Smith,
and Richard Branson (p. 34)
 The Effect of Critical Task Auto-failure Criteria on Medical
Evaluation Methods in the Pararescue Schoolhouse by Ian
Richardson, Michael Lauria, Brian Gravano, Jeffrey Swen-
son, and Stephen Rush (p. 67)
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Executive Editor of the JSOM JSOM Guest Author
(2006–2009) COL (Ret)
Warner “Rocky” Farr being Advancing Combat Casualty Care Statistics and
inducted into the SOCOM Other Battlefield Care Metrics author Jud C.
Medical Hall of Honor Janak will be interviewed by our podcaster
by LTG Francis “Frank” team about the article.
Donovan, 14 May 2024. His
son, COL (Ret) Timothy Farr, Jud C. Janak, PhD, has over 10 years of experi-
receives the award on his ence as an epidemiologist and applied biostat-
behalf.
istician in the private sector, public sector, and
academia. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed studies on
topics related to traumatic injury, accelerated aging, chronic
disease, and real-world pharmacoepidemiology. He com-
pleted a post-doctoral fellowship at the U.S. Army Institute
for Surgical Research where he focused on traumatic brain
SOMA Medic of the Year and genitourinary injuries. He was Director of Epidemiology
The SOMA Medic of the Year Award recognizes a Special Op- and Biostatistics for the Department of Defense Joint Trauma
erations medic who has demonstrated unwavering dedication System from 2017 to 2020. He also served as the lead epide-
to the art and science of special operations medicine via gal- miologist for the Military Trauma Preventable Death Working
lant actions and/or via advancement of research, education, Group. He was an Associate Director of Epidemiology at Cor-
and/or clinical practice. The 2024 SOMA Medic of the Year is Evitas from 2020 to 2023. His current responsibilities focus
SFC Derek Trautwine! on leveraging real-world patient and clinical registry data to
study the safety and effectiveness of FDA-approved therapies
as a Principal Epidemiologist in the Real-World Data Research
JSOM Summer Edition Cover and Analytics group at Merative. Dr. Janak received his mas-

The cover image for the Summer ter’s and doctoral degrees in Epidemiology from the University
2024 issue of the JSOM features K9 of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health.
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